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Vinalhaven, Maine Resilience Strategy
The 'Vinalhaven: Turning the Tide' document outlines strategies for enhancing the community’s resilience against coastal flooding and improving social and economic conditions. Key recommendations include developing accessible housing, strengthening community relationships, and adapting infrastructure to address rising sea levels. Furthermore, the document emphasizes the importance of sustainable development, job training, and partnership opportunities to support long-term revitalization efforts.
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- 1. Vinalhaven: Turning theTide Design & Resiliency Team (October 2017)
- 2. Design & ResiliencyTeam (DART) • Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Director of Planning & Sustainability, Northampton, MA • Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager, City of Dubuque, Iowa • Michael Davis, FAIA LEED AP, Bergmeyer Associates; Boston Civic Design Commission • Peter Flinker, ASLA AICP, Principal, Flinker and Dodson • David Kriebel, PhD, PE, Professor of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, US Naval Academy • Joel Mills, Senior Director, Communities by Design, AIA • Erin Simmons, Senior Director, Design Assistance, AIA • Binh Minh Hoang (Vietnam) & Idfi Septiani (Indonesia), YSEALI
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- 9. Older and Aging,but finally stable
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- 11. Economy: 1st Fishing,2nd Tourism
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- 16. Social Resiliency: • Accessiblehousing choices for all residents • Maintaining the experience of a close-knit community • Who’s living here? • Community Center • Playground strengthening neighborhood-level relationships and increasing community resilience, specifically in regards to emergency preparedness as well as disaster response and recovery • Building a diverse economy • Recruiting young entrepreneurs • Keeping our kids here: job training to fit the needs of the island • Infrastructure support: buildings & technology
- 17. Housing Affordability Vinalhaven residentsare spending 20.2% of income on housing.
- 18. Knox County Housing CostBurden
- 19. Improving Existing HousingStock Physical Improvements • Energy efficiency improvements • Rehabilitation Financing • Workforce Housing Incentives • Downtown Housing Incentive Program Policy • Short-term rental zoning overlay • Mixed Residential Development: New development should consider a minimum amount of workforce housing
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- 22. Housing Financing Options First-timeHome Buyers Program • $5,000 loan for those making 80% of median income • $25,000 loan for 30% of median income • 0% interest • Required to participate in home ownership workshop
- 23. Age-Friendly Community AARP LivabilityIndex: Housing: 50 Neighborhood: 36 Transportation: 47 Environment: 67 Health: 50 Engagement: 91 Opportunity: 53
- 24. What might theaging need to stay on the island? • Walkable neighborhood • Accessible, affordable housing • Medical care: telemedicine, pharmacy • Transportation: car sharing program, taxi service • Engagement: community center opportunities • Part-time job opportunities
- 25. Building a ConnectedCommunity
- 28. Mobile Community Center/ ActivatedPark Spaces
- 30. Net Zero Island graywatercapture solar (rooftop + community) solar hot water heating school compost program hike/bike trail EV charging stations
- 32. Zero Waste Community Everyonehas the easily-accessible opportunity to recycle and compost at home, at work, and at school.
- 34. Sustainable Agriculture • Beginningfarmers & fisherman are entrepreneurs. • Opportunities for value-added products. • Expansion of opportunities through shoulder-season agriculture. • Edible landscaping. • Explore opportunities to build community around food.
- 36. “We shouldn’t haveto deal with infrastructure to run our businesses.” “People have to be able to live here.”
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- 38. Coastal Flooding Threats •Storm Tides • Feb 1978 Storm of Record +9.7 ft • FEMA Zones AE 10 and VE 13 • Nuisance Flooding • King Tides • Nov 2016 +7.6 ft • Sea Level Rise • Pushing high (King) tides higher • Projections for future sea level rise
- 39. Ransom Engineering Study 100-year Storm Surgeand Waves Town should consider map amendment or change
- 40. Nuisance Flooding Annapolis andUS Naval Academy Dec 2012 The Weather Channel Late 1980’s: 1 flood every 3 years 2015-2017: 15 to 20 floods per year
- 41. Sea Level Rise Measuredmean sea level at Bar Harbor and Projections for Future
- 42. Maine Geological Survey CoastalHazards Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge • Highest Annual Tide (HAT) • Regulatory Boundary for Shoreland Zoning Act • HAT is about the same as the Nov 2016 King Tide • State maps show HAT plus sea level rise • Consider elevation transect across Main Street HAT+2 ft
- 43. Transect Present Condition Storm =Nov 1978 and FEMA Base Flood Elevation Nuisance = Highest Annual Tide (HAT) and Nov 2016 King Tide Normal High = Mean Higher High Water Main StreetParking Lot Pond
- 44. Transect 1 foot SeaLevel Rise
- 45. Transect 2 feet SeaLevel Rise
- 46. Transect 3 feet SeaLevel Rise
- 47. Response to CoastalFlooding Armor, Adapt, or Abandon Consider Town’s Positives and Negatives Positives • No ground subsidence • Low historic rate of SLR • Storm surge elevation relatively low • Large % of harbor shoreline is wharf with parking • Buildings are light wood frame • Single road • Stormwater can drain two directions Negatives • Porous grout and granite block • Sluice structure connecting Carvers Pond • Downtown is a peninsula • Large % of Pond shoreline is privately owned • Wood frame buildings limit floodproofing options
- 48. Armoring Option: Floodwall •Widely used in other locations • Difficult (not impossible) in Vinalhaven • Porous grout • Peninsula shoreline relative to land area • Limited space and private property • Difficult near sluice structure • May need flood gates at sluice • Low wall could reduce wave action from harbor during storms
- 49. Adaptation Option: Dry Floodproofing •Can be low cost • Would work for low flood levels and wave effects • Would work if Pond level not a high as harbor level • Difficult with light wood frame buildings
- 50. • Individual actionof each property owner • Can be low cost • Does not prevent all flood damage but adds resiliency Adaptation Option: Wet Floodproofing
- 51. Adaptation Option: Raise Roads(and Wharfs) • Appears to be an appropriate action for Town • Being done in other locations • Cost effective public works approach to resiliency • Best done as part of overall revitalization or life cycle upgrade
- 52. Adaptation Option: Raise Buildings •Appears to be an appropriate action • Being done in other locations • Action for property owner, unless Town can coordinate • Cost effective, especially with reduction in FEMA flood insurance
- 53. Improving Resiliency toCoastal Flooding • Near term (to 2050): • Elevate road and sidewalks • Prevent nuisance flooding with 1 ft SLR scenario • Need to evaluate stormwater and sewer • Encourage prudent wet or dry floodproofing measures • Long term (to 2100): • Consider long term plan to raise wharf elevations • Consider modifying sluice structure • Consider long term plan to raise buildings • First floor above future FEMA base flood elevation • Take advantage of life cycle replacement and upgrades
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- 55. MAIN/WEST MAIN STREETWITH MULTIUSE TRAIL AND COMPLETE STREETS
- 56. MAIN STREET (DOWNSTREET/EASTSIDE) WITH MULTIUSE TRAIL AND COMPLETE STREETS
- 57. SIDEWALK AND STREETTODAY
- 58. ACCESSIBLE AND RAISED SIDEWALKAND STREET
- 59. ENHANCEMENTS TO FERRYTERMINAL
- 60. DEVELOPMENT OPPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THEFERRY TERMINAL AND DOWNSTREET
- 62. “WELCOME TO DOWNSTREET” INTERSECTONOF HIGH & MAIN
- 63. ADDITION TO CAMDENNATIONAL BANK. INTERSECTION ENHANCED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, ACCESSIBILITY, SENSE OF PLACE
- 64. MAIN STREET (DOWNSTREET/EASTSIDE) WITH MULTIUSE TRAIL AND COMPLETE STREETS
- 65. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, MULTI-USEPATH, AND MICRO-HYDRO ON CARVER’S POND
- 66. NEW PARK ATDOWNSTREET CENTER
- 67. MAIN STREET WITHENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD SURFACE AND NORTH SIDEWALK RAISED
- 68. MAIN STREET WITHENHANCED INFRASRUCTURE AND 100-YEAR FLOOD
- 69. NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING ANDCOMMUNITY CENTER
- 70. NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING &COMMUNITY CENTER AT WATER AND MAIN STREETS
- 72. NEW WORKFORCE HOUSINGAT EAST MAIN AND CHESTNUT STEETS
- 75. Making it Happen:First Steps to Funding Project Opportunity Next Steps Main/West Main Streets, sidewalks, and multiuse path MaineDOT 1. Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) 2. Bicycle & Pedestrian Funding 1. Certification as a “Qualifying Pedestrian Area” 2. Start STIP process 3. Explore funding options Sidewalks and accessibility, community center, flood control Maine CDBG (Housing Assistance, Downtown Revitalization, Public Facilities, & Public Infrastructure) Focus on downtown, new housing, and benefits to Harborside, John Carver, and Hillside Apartments and All projects Maine Community Foundation Explore opportunities, especially feasibility funding Community Center Housing component Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Explore TIF for any private development above community center to cover infrastructure Flood mitigation FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Cost-benefit analysis Multiuse Trail Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Explore funding
- 76. Making it Happen:First Steps for Partnerships Project Opportunity Next Steps Quick starts Quick starts all projects that require limited resources. Organize volunteers start today! Next steps Identify priorities from presentation Set town priorities from DART. Start today! Community Center housing component Housing developers & investment funds Explore a willingness to partner for upper floor housing Multiuse path and downtown revitalization Explore with property owners Explore-no purchase for projects with future federal transportation dollars Portable community trailer Trailer Explore options for donation of used trailer Flood mitigation Coordinate with Vulnerability Assessment Use DART to influence Assessment Lower flood insurance rates FEMA Community Rating System Apply: 10-15% discount 1st round, more with mitigation actions
- 77. Vinalhaven: Turning theTide www.DesignResliency.org
Editor's Notes
- #17 Building a diverse economy: this is not an economic development strategy. What are some of the ways the community you build directly influences the economy?
- #19 Knox County household cost burden statistics, 2010-2015 Affordable: , 30% of income Burdened: 30-49% Severely burdened: 50+%
- #20 In addition to cost of home ownership/rental, renters pay about 30% more, as a portion of their income, on their utility bills because they’re living in inefficient places. Downtown housing incentive program: investment in vacant second stories. Workforce housing incentive (80-100% of median income) Resource: Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast
- #21 Bridgton ME: 600 to 1800 sq ft homes, goal is net-zero energy. Includes solar panels.
- #22 Prairie Hill Cohousing (Iowa City, IA)
- #23 First time home buyers program:
- #24 If you build a community that’s age-friendly, you’re also building a community that’s stroller-friendly.
- #25 Accessible, affordable housing: universal design
- #27 Sr. Margaret
- #29 $16k: Dubuque’s Rec n Roll trailer, which includes tables, chairs, basketball hoops, inflatable movie screen & projector, giant jenga game, etc
- #31 Photos from Abundance Village in Fairfield IA. Greenhouses and hoophouses extending the growing season
- #34 Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.
- #36 Part-time farming: it doesn’t have to be your fulltime living